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Okay I need some book recommendations for my site =) What books have you guys read and what are you reading at the moment?
I really haven't read much, apart from the Harry Potter series my ex got me to read, and a few Terry Pratchett books. So I really want to start reading something new. I did enjoy some books I got from the library, The Time Machine and Around the World in 80 Days. I had fun reading them. =)
I remember in other book threads on here, 1984 would be mention a lot. I'm guess it's a good book?
I found this nice list that the BBC did 4 years ago, some kind of Big Read and here are the top 100 books. How many of these have you read? So far I'm at 6/100. =(
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I really haven't read much, apart from the Harry Potter series my ex got me to read, and a few Terry Pratchett books. So I really want to start reading something new. I did enjoy some books I got from the library, The Time Machine and Around the World in 80 Days. I had fun reading them. =)
I remember in other book threads on here, 1984 would be mention a lot. I'm guess it's a good book?
I found this nice list that the BBC did 4 years ago, some kind of Big Read and here are the top 100 books. How many of these have you read? So far I'm at 6/100. =(
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The Lord of the Rings JRR Tolkien2.
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen3.
His Dark Materials Philip Pullman4.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams5.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire JK Rowling6.
To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee7.
Winnie the Pooh AA Milne8.
Nineteen Eighty-Four George Orwell9.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe CS Lewis10.
Jane Eyre Charlotte Brontë11.
Catch-22 Joseph Heller12.
Wuthering Heights Emily Brontë13.
Birdsong Sebastian Faulks14.
Rebecca Daphne du Maurier15.
The Catcher in the Rye JD Salinger16.
The Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame17.
Great Expectations Charles Dickens18.
Little Women Louisa May Alcott19.
Captain Corelli's Mandolin Louis de Bernieres20.
War and Peace Leo Tolstoy21.
Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell22.
Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone JK Rowling23.
Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets JK Rowling24.
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban JK Rowling25.
The Hobbit JRR Tolkien26.
Tess Of The D'Urbervilles Thomas Hardy27.
Middlemarch George Eliot28.
A Prayer For Owen Meany John Irving29.
The Grapes Of Wrath John Steinbeck30.
Alice's Adventures In Wonderland Lewis Carroll31.
The Story Of Tracy Beaker Jacqueline Wilson32.
One Hundred Years Of Solitude Gabriel García Márquez33.
The Pillars Of The Earth Ken Follett34.
David Copperfield Charles Dickens35.
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl36.
Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson37.
A Town Like Alice Nevil Shute38.
Persuasion Jane Austen39.
Dune Frank Herbert40.
Emma Jane Austen41.
Anne Of Green Gables LM Montgomery42.
Watership Down Richard Adams43.
The Great Gatsby F Scott Fitzgerald44.
The Count Of Monte Cristo Alexandre Dumas45.
Brideshead Revisited Evelyn Waugh46.
Animal Farm George Orwell47.
A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens48.
Far From The Madding Crowd Thomas Hardy49.
Goodnight Mister Tom Michelle Magorian50.
The Shell Seekers Rosamunde Pilcher51.
The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett52.
Of Mice And Men John Steinbeck53.
The Stand Stephen King54.
Anna Karenina Leo Tolstoy55.
A Suitable Boy Vikram Seth56.
The BFG Roald Dahl57.
Swallows And Amazons Arthur Ransome58.
Black Beauty Anna Sewell59.
Artemis Fowl Eoin Colfer60.
Crime And Punishment Fyodor Dostoyevsky61.
Noughts And Crosses Malorie Blackman62.
Memoirs Of A Geisha Arthur Golden63.
A Tale Of Two Cities Charles Dickens64.
The Thorn Birds Colleen McCollough65.
Mort Terry Pratchett66.
The Magic Faraway Tree Enid Blyton67.
The Magus John Fowles68.
Good Omens Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman69.
Guards! Guards! Terry Pratchett70.
Lord Of The Flies William Golding71.
Perfume Patrick Süskind72.
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists Robert Tressell73.
Night Watch Terry Pratchett74.
Matilda Roald Dahl75.
Bridget Jones's Diary Helen Fielding76.
The Secret History Donna Tartt77.
The Woman In White Wilkie Collins78.
Ulysses James Joyce79.
Bleak House Charles Dickens80.
Double Act Jacqueline Wilson81.
The Twits Roald Dahl82.
I Capture The Castle Dodie Smith83.
Holes Louis Sachar84.
Gormenghast Mervyn Peake85.
The God Of Small Things Arundhati Roy86.
Vicky Angel Jacqueline Wilson87.
Brave New World Aldous Huxley88.
Cold Comfort Farm Stella Gibbons89.
Magician Raymond E Feist90.
On The Road Jack Kerouac91.
The Godfather Mario Puzo92.
The Clan Of The Cave Bear Jean M Auel93.
The Colour Of Magic Terry Pratchett94.
The Alchemist Paulo Coelho95.
Katherine Anya Seton96.
Kane And Abel Jeffrey Archer97.
Love In The Time Of Cholera Gabriel García Márquez98.
Girls In Love Jacqueline Wilson99.
The Princess Diaries Meg Cabot100.
Midnight's Children Salman Rushdie Page:
This list makes me feel so bad. I've read the first couple of pages of 2 books on the list and that's it.
I tend to read books as reference sources rather than as novels. Pharmacology books and organic chemistry books get used for my uni work. Dictionary's, history books and guitar chord books are others that I use now and again too. I read the bible more than anything probably as at minimum I read it once a week at church.
Ive read all 4 Dan Brown books, a couple of Jeremy Clarkson books and Anthony Kiedis' biography.
I really should read some classic novels.
I tend to read books as reference sources rather than as novels. Pharmacology books and organic chemistry books get used for my uni work. Dictionary's, history books and guitar chord books are others that I use now and again too. I read the bible more than anything probably as at minimum I read it once a week at church.
Ive read all 4 Dan Brown books, a couple of Jeremy Clarkson books and Anthony Kiedis' biography.
I really should read some classic novels.
ah, we got the Faraway Tree and the other books in the series in Tesco for £1 each. I remember being read them as a kid, so I bought them to read to Ana Maria when she's a little older.
At the moment she just wants Goldilocks and the Three Bears all the time. She just keeps saying 'Three Bears' before I give in. That and the Three Little Pigs.
Mind you I told her Doctor Who and the Three Bears the other day, and she liked that. It involved Porridge eating aliens.
At the moment she just wants Goldilocks and the Three Bears all the time. She just keeps saying 'Three Bears' before I give in. That and the Three Little Pigs.
Mind you I told her Doctor Who and the Three Bears the other day, and she liked that. It involved Porridge eating aliens.
Fiction
Gridlock - Ben Elton
The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings Trilogy - JRR Tolken
The Mothman Prophecies - John A. Keel
Hitchhikers Guide series - Douglas Adams
The Princess Bride: A Hot Fairy Tale - William Goldman
The Stand - Stephen King
Strangers - Dean Koontz
Carrie - Stephen King
Classics
Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
2001 - Arthur C Clarke
Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift
Day of the Triffids- John Wyndham
Dracula - Bram Stoker
Don Quixote - Cervantes
The Lovers - Philip Jose Farmer
Non Fiction
Notes from a Small Island - Bill Bryson
On Writing - Stephen King
Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucia - Chris Stewart
Spanish Lessons - Derek Lambert
Just a few...
Gridlock - Ben Elton
The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings Trilogy - JRR Tolken
The Mothman Prophecies - John A. Keel
Hitchhikers Guide series - Douglas Adams
The Princess Bride: A Hot Fairy Tale - William Goldman
The Stand - Stephen King
Strangers - Dean Koontz
Carrie - Stephen King
Classics
Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
2001 - Arthur C Clarke
Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift
Day of the Triffids- John Wyndham
Dracula - Bram Stoker
Don Quixote - Cervantes
The Lovers - Philip Jose Farmer
Non Fiction
Notes from a Small Island - Bill Bryson
On Writing - Stephen King
Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucia - Chris Stewart
Spanish Lessons - Derek Lambert
Just a few...
I dont really read books any more. Think in my life Ive read about 8 books that weren't forced upon me for school projects.
I enjoyed reading A Child Called It (never enjoyed reading about a kid getting beaten by his mother but it was a good read) It's the only book I've ever read from start to finish in one night. I read another book similar to that "The Kid" by Kevin Lewis, got through that in a couple of days.
I remember reading Matilda about 10 times when I was younger - I wanted to be able to blow up tvs :(
I enjoyed reading A Child Called It (never enjoyed reading about a kid getting beaten by his mother but it was a good read) It's the only book I've ever read from start to finish in one night. I read another book similar to that "The Kid" by Kevin Lewis, got through that in a couple of days.
I remember reading Matilda about 10 times when I was younger - I wanted to be able to blow up tvs :(
Okay I need some book recommendations for my site =) What books have you guys read and what are you reading at the moment?
I really haven't read much, apart from the Harry Potter series my ex got me to read, and a few Terry Pratchett books. So I really want to start reading something new. I did enjoy some books I got from the library, The Time Machine and Around the World in 80 Days. I had fun reading them. =)
I remember in other book threads on here, 1984 would be mention a lot. I'm guess it's a good book?
I found this nice list that the BBC did 4 years ago, some kind of Big Read and here are the top 100 books. How many of these have you read? So far I'm at 6/100. =(
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I really haven't read much, apart from the Harry Potter series my ex got me to read, and a few Terry Pratchett books. So I really want to start reading something new. I did enjoy some books I got from the library, The Time Machine and Around the World in 80 Days. I had fun reading them. =)
I remember in other book threads on here, 1984 would be mention a lot. I'm guess it's a good book?
I found this nice list that the BBC did 4 years ago, some kind of Big Read and here are the top 100 books. How many of these have you read? So far I'm at 6/100. =(
1.
The Lord of the Rings JRR Tolkien2.
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen3.
His Dark Materials Philip Pullman4.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams5.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire JK Rowling6.
To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee7.
Winnie the Pooh AA Milne8.
Nineteen Eighty-Four George Orwell9.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe CS Lewis10.
Jane Eyre Charlotte Brontë11.
Catch-22 Joseph Heller12.
Wuthering Heights Emily Brontë13.
Birdsong Sebastian Faulks14.
Rebecca Daphne du Maurier15.
The Catcher in the Rye JD Salinger16.
The Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame17.
Great Expectations Charles Dickens18.
Little Women Louisa May Alcott19.
Captain Corelli's Mandolin Louis de Bernieres20.
War and Peace Leo Tolstoy21.
Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell22.
Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone JK Rowling23.
Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets JK Rowling24.
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban JK Rowling25.
The Hobbit JRR Tolkien26.
Tess Of The D'Urbervilles Thomas Hardy27.
Middlemarch George Eliot28.
A Prayer For Owen Meany John Irving29.
The Grapes Of Wrath John Steinbeck30.
Alice's Adventures In Wonderland Lewis Carroll31.
The Story Of Tracy Beaker Jacqueline Wilson32.
One Hundred Years Of Solitude Gabriel García Márquez33.
The Pillars Of The Earth Ken Follett34.
David Copperfield Charles Dickens35.
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl36.
Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson37.
A Town Like Alice Nevil Shute38.
Persuasion Jane Austen39.
Dune Frank Herbert40.
Emma Jane Austen41.
Anne Of Green Gables LM Montgomery42.
Watership Down Richard Adams43.
The Great Gatsby F Scott Fitzgerald44.
The Count Of Monte Cristo Alexandre Dumas45.
Brideshead Revisited Evelyn Waugh46.
Animal Farm George Orwell47.
A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens48.
Far From The Madding Crowd Thomas Hardy49.
Goodnight Mister Tom Michelle Magorian50.
The Shell Seekers Rosamunde Pilcher51.
The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett52.
Of Mice And Men John Steinbeck53.
The Stand Stephen King54.
Anna Karenina Leo Tolstoy55.
A Suitable Boy Vikram Seth56.
The BFG Roald Dahl57.
Swallows And Amazons Arthur Ransome58.
Black Beauty Anna Sewell59.
Artemis Fowl Eoin Colfer60.
Crime And Punishment Fyodor Dostoyevsky61.
Noughts And Crosses Malorie Blackman62.
Memoirs Of A Geisha Arthur Golden63.
A Tale Of Two Cities Charles Dickens64.
The Thorn Birds Colleen McCollough65.
Mort Terry Pratchett66.
The Magic Faraway Tree Enid Blyton67.
The Magus John Fowles68.
Good Omens Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman69.
Guards! Guards! Terry Pratchett70.
Lord Of The Flies William Golding71.
Perfume Patrick Süskind72.
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists Robert Tressell73.
Night Watch Terry Pratchett74.
Matilda Roald Dahl75.
Bridget Jones's Diary Helen Fielding76.
The Secret History Donna Tartt77.
The Woman In White Wilkie Collins78.
Ulysses James Joyce79.
Bleak House Charles Dickens80.
Double Act Jacqueline Wilson81.
The Twits Roald Dahl82.
I Capture The Castle Dodie Smith83.
Holes Louis Sachar84.
Gormenghast Mervyn Peake85.
The God Of Small Things Arundhati Roy86.
Vicky Angel Jacqueline Wilson87.
Brave New World Aldous Huxley88.
Cold Comfort Farm Stella Gibbons89.
Magician Raymond E Feist90.
On The Road Jack Kerouac91.
The Godfather Mario Puzo92.
The Clan Of The Cave Bear Jean M Auel93.
The Colour Of Magic Terry Pratchett94.
The Alchemist Paulo Coelho95.
Katherine Anya Seton96.
Kane And Abel Jeffrey Archer97.
Love In The Time Of Cholera Gabriel García Márquez98.
Girls In Love Jacqueline Wilson99.
The Princess Diaries Meg Cabot100.
Midnight's Children Salman Rushdie Page: